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The disciples had been on missions to preach the Kingdom, heal the sick, and cast out devils. Why did they go to Jesus instead of helping the woman (Matthew 15:23)?

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Jesus had helped other non-Jews. The disciples had seen a great stirring among Samaritans. With ministry to outsiders well-established, why would Jesus say he was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel (Matthew 15:24)?

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Why did the woman refuse to take no as a final answer (Matthew 15:25)?

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What made the “bread thrown to dogs” analogy important (Matthew 15:26)?

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Why did Jesus honor the woman’s response and declare healing for her daughter (Matthew 15:28)?

Matthew 15:22 A Canaanite woman who lived in the area came, shouting, “Sir, Son of David, my daughter is cruelly tormented by an evil spirit.”

Mark 7:25–26 A woman who lived in the area had a young daughter who was possessed by an evil spirit. When she heard about Jesus, she knelt at his feet and begged him to cast out the evil spirit. Since she was Greek, born in Syrian Phoenicia,

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Matthew 15:22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.

Mark 7:25–26 For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet: The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.

Matthew 15:28 “Woman, you have great faith. Let it be done exactly as you have asked.” At that moment, her daughter was healed.

Mark 7:29–30 “You have answered well. You may go now. The evil spirit has left your daughter.” When the woman arrived home, she found her daughter lying on her bed, and the evil spirit had gone.

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Matthew 15:28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.

Mark 7:29–30 And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter. And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.